MFG PLANT SITE LEADER
About The Position
The MFG Plant Site Leader provides strategic leadership for a manufacturing facility, aligning business and people practices to achieve best-in-class performance. The role leads implementation of strategies, processes, and systems that improve workplace productivity and engagement; attracts, retains, engages, and develops the leadership team; and drives customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials, and production processes. The leader is accountable for plant performance in Safety, Quality, and Reliability (SQR), the Customer 1st strategy, food safety, and compliance with corporate, divisional, regulatory, and company requirements. The position serves as the facility’s ranking executive and local company representative, manages company assets and budgets, develops workforce plans, and leads high-performing work teams. It also supervises and coaches direct reports, completes performance reviews, and provides feedback. The role requires working around ingredients or finished products that may contain food allergens and performing essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of leadership experience in manufacturing operations.
- Proven highly effective management skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong strategic thinking, critical thinking, and analytical ability.
- Thorough knowledge of plant operations and procedures.
- High degree of integrity and judgment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- At least 3 years of Fluid Dairy Manufacturing Leadership experience.
- At least 8 years of Food Manufacturing/Processing or equivalent experience.
- Management experience in a union environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership to align business and people practices with best-in-class deliverables.
- Monitor market conditions, competition, technological advancements, government regulations, and supplier dynamics that affect the business.
- Establish measurement tools and data analytics that give Senior Management strategic risk insight.
- Lead high-performing work teams to achieve balanced performance against key measurements and objectives.
- Serve as the facility’s ranking executive and represent the company locally in dealings with governmental agencies, suppliers, and the community.
- Protect, manage, and maximize the use of company assets.
- Lead strategic workforce planning and manage processes for identifying and filling workforce needs.
- Prepare annual operating budgets with plant and division staff and execute plans within agreed budget and time constraints.
- Ensure controls are in place to analyze, respond to, and minimize labor, material, and burden costs in plant operations.
- Maintain plant performance at established Safety, Quality, and Reliability levels, ensuring effective programs and compliance with corporate and divisional guidelines and standards.
- Follow established programs, policies, and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
- Support development, implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems.
- Be accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
- Supervise and coach direct reports, complete performance reviews, and provide feedback.
- Work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens.
- Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
